Amid a diplomatic furore caused by Tamil Nadu’s call to suspend Sri Lanka’s war against the LTTE, the army has stepped up its efforts to regain the Nachchikuda-Pooneryn road stretch along the 82 km. Mannar-Pooneryn coastal road (A32) with recent fighting seeing a hole punched in the Tigers’ last ditch earth bund.
That Familiar Impasse
Manmohan Singh’s reluctance to
get involved in another Lankan adventure is understandable and indeed
wise. This, after all, is the same LTTE which broke a solemn
undertaking to India, waged war on her and assassinated Rajiv Gandhi.
Unfortunately a ‘hands off’ policy...
Political Watch -
A Government Besieged
As for Basil Rajapakse being appointed an SLFP organizer
for the Gampaha district, Jayasuriya has no issue with that either. He
would have had powerful SLFP contenders for the number one slot in terms
of preference votes anyway in the form of Anura Bandaranaike and Jeyaraj
Fernandopulle
Gotabhaya rejects
theory of "no political settlement’’ after LTTE defeat
"This is only an attempt to save the LTTE
from imminent defeat at the hands of the security forces who are making
great sacrifices to liberate our motherland," he said.
